The Portolan

Issue #126 - Fall 2026

ARTICLES

Exotic Animals from the Hortus sanitatis on Nautical Charts by Mateo Prunes (Sixteenth Century) by Chet Van Duzer

Cartographer Corrected: Hugh Williamson and the Authorship of A Map of the Tennassee Government and A Short Description of the Tennassee Government by Jay Lester

A Historical Survey of Color on Maps by Eliane Dotson

Focus on Exploring New Cartographic Frontiers and Personal Insights by Jeff Katz

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

This regular feature, a bibliographic listing of articles and books appearing worldwide on antique maps and globes and the history of cartography, is compiled by Laura Krueger.

BOOK REVIEWS

Baron Lahontan’s Mysterious Quest: A Reappraisal of the 1688 Long/Platte River Inland Passage Expedition (Reviewer: Rick Laprairie)

All Mapped Out: How Maps Shape Us (Reviewer: Jeffifer Burek Pierce)

Comparative Map History and “the History of Cartography”:  Methodologies, Institutions, and Idealizations (Reviewer: Martin W. Lewis)

Maps and Colours: A Complex Relationship (Reviewer: Elizabeth Savage)

The Spice Ports: Mapping the Origins of Sea Trade (Reviewer: Robert Batchelor)

SHORTER ITEMS

1. WMS President’s Fall 2026 Letter, by Leigh Lockwood

2. Washington Map Society Meetings Program, Fall 2026, by Ron Grim

3. Ristow Prize Competition 2027, by Deepak Bhattasali

4.WMS Annual Business Meeting, May 2026, by Michele Forzley

5. London Map Fair 2026, by Michele Forzley

6.Exhibitions and Meetings, by Tom Sander

7. Giovanni Leardo’s Mappamundi of 1453

8. Remembering Glen McLaughlin (1934-2026), by Tom Sander

9. Cartographic Notes, by Tom Sander

10. Internet Map Sites (non-commercial)

11. Index to Advertisers